Reeling one in

To catch a really big fish, you can't try to haul it in all at once; if you do, you'll just break your line. Instead, you need to reel in a little, pause, reel in a little more, pause again, etc. The poker equivalent of trying to haul a fish in all at once is going all in. The poker equivalent of reeling a fish in little by little is raising by the original bet amount. In hand 4 of last night's session, I flopped an open-ended straight draw, and made the high end of the straight on the turn. On the river, I bet $3,000, got raised to $6,000, raised to $9,000, and just kept raising by $3,000 whenever my opponent raised me by $3,000. After five raises each, he finally just called. He turned over a two pair, and I raked in a pot worth $72,200. That was sufficient for me to call it a night.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 5 hands and saw flop:
 - 1 out of 1 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 1 out of 1 times while in small blind (100%)
 - 1 out of 3 times in other positions (33%)
 - a total of 3 out of 5 (60%)
 Pots won at showdown - 1 of 1 (100%)
 Pots won without showdown - 0

delta: $36,400
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $4,057,028
balance: $6,506,436